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STEM is an essential component of the BCS Strategic Plan 2010-2015 and Vision of Excellence. BLOUNT COUNTY SCHOOLS VISION: Educational Excellence for All Students!. BLOUNT COUNTY SCHOOLS Mission:
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STEM is an essential component of the BCS Strategic Plan 2010-2015 and Vision of Excellence
BLOUNT COUNTY SCHOOLS VISION: Educational Excellence for All Students!
BLOUNT COUNTY SCHOOLS Mission: To Maximize the Academic Potential of Every Child in a Safe and Personalized Environment. The BCS will graduate students who are college and career ready and prepared to meet the challenges of the 21st Century workplace.
• Focus on math and science for all students in all grades. Math and science need to be more coordinated and integrated for maximizing instructional time and producing positive results. Through our math and science curriculum, we need to develop the ability to analyze, synthesize and solve problems from which there are no routine solutions.
Build capacity to sustain educational excellence:We must fully engage our community in our schools. Business and industry and the overall community at large have a vested interest in the success of our school system. We need to find meaningful ways for our community to contribute toward significantly improving our schools.
STEM PROGRAM MISSION STATEMENT To insure our graduates are critical thinkers who are able to solve non-routine problems in a globally competitive society. They will have developed 21st century technology and communication skills and demonstrated self-direction and social responsibility.
The BCS STEM Program will provide ALL Blount County students with: Solid STEM coursework foundations Collaborative problem solving Experiences Research and Internship Opportunities Project-based learning The Challenge to Solve Non-routine Problems
HHS STEM TEAM’S TIER 1 GOALS • Establish paths of study for STEM endorsements • Gauge faculty, community, and student interest • Through surveys • Write a mission statement and goals for the program • Propose a timeline for implementation • Identify potential sources of funding and resources • Thinkfinity/Verizon STEM seed money • Regional Business Partnerships • Pilot a STEM program for HHS and BCS
Paths of Study That Are Currently Being Developed • Honors/AP Pre-Nursing • Health and Life Sciences • Honors/AP Pre-Engineering • PRE-Engineering CAD and Design • Thinkers and doers reacting organically collaborating for success
Inclusive programFine arts CTE Core AcademicsTrans-disciplinaryTechnologyInitail requests $ PD Early out time Current sponsors****** logos Roan state TVA BCEF Blount Memorial
Technology Engineering Education STEM Cluster
Building The Capacity Advanced Placement Courses Being Offered at HHS This Year AP English III AP Calculus AB AP English IV AP Calculus BC AP US History AP Biology AP Probability and Statistics
Scientific Research: Course Number: 3295 This class will focus on original research to be done in the course of the semester by both the class as a whole and the individual student. We will focus on correct ways to do research as well as ethical ramifications of research practices. There will be a concluding presentation that will be made by each student about the research that they completed in front of peers and faculty. Students will also be encouraged to take part in science research competitions for scholarship money.